2 Dec
2010
2 Dec
'10
10:02 p.m.
On Dec 2, 2010, at 4:38 PM, David Owen wrote:
On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Ben Hyde wrote:
Anyhow. Recall that with-slots expands to slot-value. That leads me to wonder. Given that with-slots and slot-value are couple, why haven't I observed analogous couple (with-fields and field-value say) for accessors.
Perhaps you are looking for WITH-ACCESSORS?
Indeed, I'm delighted to discover there is something in the language I've not used. thanks! Further I didn't know that setq turns into setf with the help of symbol macro. What a fun embarrassment this is! :) thanks